Cliff Notes
- Two men aged 22 and 24 from London were arrested on Saturday in connection with vandalism at RAF Brize Norton, suspected of terrorism offences under the Terrorism Act 2000.
- Palestine Action, the group claiming responsibility for the vandalism, damaged two military planes using fire extinguishers and crowbars, symbolising Palestinian bloodshed with red paint.
- Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced plans to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, making it illegal to support or be a member of the group following the incident.
Two more people arrested over damage to aircraft at RAF base | UK News
Two more people have been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence after two aircraft were vandalised at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
Counter Terrorism Policing South East said the men, aged 22 and 24 and both from London, were arrested on Saturday afternoon on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, contrary to Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
On Thursday, police said a woman, aged 29 of no fixed address, and two men, aged 36 and 24 from London, had been taken into police custody after the incident at RAF Brize Norton on 20 June.
A 41-year-old woman, of no fixed address, was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, they previously said.
The group posted a video online claiming it was behind the vandalism at the Oxfordshire airbase last Friday, saying activists had damaged two military planes at the base.
Palestine Action – which focuses its campaigns on multinational arms dealers and has previously targeted corporate banks – said two activists “broke into the largest air force base in Britain and used electric scooters to swiftly manoeuvre towards the planes”